Which to use
“famous” is an adjective and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,158
- “famous” frequency rank
- #15,006
- “you're” frequency rank
- 56164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | famous | you're |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bekannt, berühmt | „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist |
Letter map: famous vs you're
Shared letters muted; letters that set famous and you're apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. famous runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against you're's 5 (VVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for famous / you're
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: famous is anadjective and you'reanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
famous is recorded at frequency rank #41,158, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. you're is at rank #15,006, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56164, this pair ranks #950,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of famous vs you're
Shared letters: ou. Private to "famous": afms. Private to "you're": ery.
"famous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- famous ← afmous · fammous · famosu · famouss · famuos · faomus · ffamous · fmaous
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "famous" and "you're" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "famous" or "you're" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "famous" vs "you're" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "famous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "you're" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #950,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "famous" and "you're" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "famous vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #950,956 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.